Wendy Hart Beckman is an award-winning freelance writer, editor, college instructor and mother of three sons. She has published more than 300 freelance articles in regional and national magazines and newspapers, and has received 13 awards for her writing. Her articles have been published in Writer’s Digest, Cincinnati Magazine, M.D. News Magazine, Builder/Architect, Veterans Health System Journal and Qualified Remodeler, among others. Beckman is also a freelance proofreader and editor. Beckman’s bachelors degrees are in geology and natural science/technical communications. She has a master’s degree in English with a concentration in Editing and Publishing as well as a graduate certificate in Professional Writing. Beckman’s first book, a young adult nonfiction called Artists and Writers of the Harlem Renaissance (Enslow Publishers, Inc.), was published in 2002. Enslow also published National Parks in Crisis: Debating the Issues (2004); Dating, Relationships, and Sexuality: What Teens Should Know (2006); and Robert Cormier: Banned, Challenged, and Censored (2008). Her third book, Communication Tools Made Easy, was published by Kendall/Hunt in 2004. Enslow brought her first book back out in paperback and ebook as Harlem Renaissance Artists and Writers (2013). In 2014, Clerisy Press published Founders and Famous Families of Cincinnati, and Orange Frazer Press published University of Cincinnati College of Nursing: 125 Years of Transforming Health Care. Beckman is currently working on a novel about a women’s singing group and a true crime book about a murder that took place in Florida in 1997. "If you would like me to come talk to your group or class, please e-mail me at whbeckman@gmail.com!"

I have received 13 awards for writing, editing, and desktop publishing.